ID 828841
Lot 103 | A CONCERTINA-BOUND KHATT-I NAKHUNI (FINGERNAIL) ALBUM
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
SIGNED MUZAFFAR 'ALI BEG, INDIA, DATED AH 1285/1868-69 AD
Urdu poetry in relief work on paper, 12ff. each with 6 or 7ll. of nasta'liq in khatt-i nakhuni, mounted in green card concertina album, within gold, white and black rules, pages divided by gold and polychrome vertical rules, colophon signed and dated, lacquered binding, the exterior with a floral composition within green border, the doublures with a floral spray on a black ground
Text block 6 3/4 x 4 1/8in. (17.3 x 10.5cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 5 1/2in. (22.7 x 14.2cm.)
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| Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
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